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countable and uncountable, plural maitakes
Grifola frondosa, an edible polypore mushroom that grows in clusters at the bases of trees. quotations examples
Truffles, maitake, matsutake, king boletes, shiitake and dozens of other edible types are hunted commercially around the planet.
2007 November 9, Stephen Regenold, “Hot on the Trail of the Edible Fungi in Illinois”, in New York Times